The following paper was published by the International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC) March 2025.  It highlights the potential impact of sub optimal Defence Supply Chain performance on the Canadian Armed Forces readiness, as well as the processes used to identify the root cause of performance deficiencies and assess the adequacy of existing training.

Based on the Department of National Defence Supply Administration Manual (SAM), the project team mapped Processes and Tasks to all applicable Supply Chain Phases using ADVISOR Enterprise. The processes and Tasks were also mapped to each role and the training priority was determined based on Difficulty, Importance and Frequency (DIF) analysis. The team then mapped topics/teaching points from relevant course to existing processes and Tasks; and generated a list of processes and Tasks with “adequate”, “limited” or “no” curriculum to support the acquisition of requisite knowledge and skills for each role. Read more.